The attempt of the Pythagoreans to reshape society in Croton, Magna Graecia, through politics led to public backlash and ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

and a marble sculpture believed to depict a child’s head. All are thought to date from various periods of ancient Greek history and will be assessed by a state archaeological service. Police also ...

In the northern Aegean, a hidden gem awaits. Samothrace, with its untouched landscapes and mythical allure, promises an ...

and a marble sculpture believed to depict a child’s head. All are thought to date from various periods of ancient Greek history and will be assessed by a state archaeological service.

But, during antiquity, these statues were actually brightly colored — and, as explored in a new study, they were even coated with deeply aromatic perfumes. In ancient Greece and Rome ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – An ancient Greco-Roman bronze statue that the New York District ... has led experts to believe it depicts an unknown Greek philosopher. The museum bought it in 1986 for $1 ...

Ancient sculptors were very much interested in color as well as form; the white marble statues we admire looked stunningly different in antiquity. They were painted with a palette that displayed a ...

Dramatic new discoveries in the ancient ... statues, one of which contained seeds, a symbol of rebirth. Many of the burials date later than the other finds at Saqqara, to the era of Greek rule ...